Minor in Women's and Gender Studies
Students may wish to major in a traditional subject (History, English, Sociology) but minor in Women’s and Gender Studies. Some students plan to do graduate work in a traditional discipline, with emphasis on women within it.
Requirements for the Minor (18 units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| WMST 337 | FEMINIST THEORY | 3 |
| Select one of the following 3-unit courses: | 3 | |
| WOMEN IN PERSPECTIVE (3) | ||
| HONORS WOMEN IN PERSPECTIVE (3) | ||
| INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF WOMEN (3) | ||
| Electives | ||
| Select four courses from any of the following focus areas. (6 units must be upper level, 300-400): 1 | 12 | |
Women, Gender, Culture and Creativity | ||
Women, Gender, Health and Sexuality | ||
Women, Gender, Diversity and Global Contexts | ||
Women, Gender, Leadership and Community | ||
| Total Units | 18 | |
| 1 | Electives may be distributed across the four focus areas, within one focus area, or across a combination of two or three focus areas. |
Focus Areas
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Women, Gender, Culture and Creativity | ||
| Select four of the following: | 12 | |
| AMERICAN WOMEN AND POPULAR CULTURE | ||
| WOMEN'S CULTURE AND CREATIVITY | ||
| WOMEN'S WORDS, WOMEN'S LIVES | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Women's Spiritual Practices) | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Masculinity in Perspective) | ||
| THE EROTIC IMAGINATION IN CHRISTIANITY AND HINDUISM | ||
| CHRISTIAN SEXUAL ETHICS | ||
| TOPICS IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES (Womanism and Black Feminist Thought) | ||
| WOMEN IN ART | ||
| IDENTITY AND CULTURE (Gender and Media in Global Perspective) | ||
| GENDER IN FILM AND MEDIA | ||
| HONORS SEMINAR IN LITERATURE (Emily Dickinson) | ||
| HONORS SEMINAR IN LITERATURE (Austen and the Brontes) | ||
| WORLD LITERATURE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH (African Women Writers) | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS: LITERATURE OF WOMEN | ||
| WOMEN WRITERS | ||
| VOICES OF MEDIEVAL WOMEN | ||
| STUDIES IN ONE OR TWO AUTHORS (Virginia Woolf) | ||
| TOPICS IN WORLD LITERATURE (Black Women Writers) | ||
| TOPICS IN BRITISH LITERATURE (Unfortunate Women) | ||
| TOPICS IN BLACK AMERICAN LITERATURE (African American Women Writers) | ||
| WOMEN IN 20TH CENTURY U.S. HISTORY | ||
| WOMEN IN WESTERN MUS | ||
| RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX | ||
| FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY | ||
| HISPANIC POPULAR CULTURES (Mexican Cultural Symbols: La Malinche, LaVirgen de Guadalupe and La Llorona) | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN SPANISH (Latin American Women Writers) | ||
| Women, Gender, Diversity and Global Contexts | ||
| Select four of the following: | 12 | |
| INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF WOMEN | ||
| B-MORE: BALTIMORE AND URBAN COMMUNITIES | ||
| WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Women's Spiritual Practices) | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Women of Color) | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Masculinities in Perspective) | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Women and Development) | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Intersectionality and Policy Analysis) | ||
| THE EROTIC IMAGINATION IN CHRISTIANITY AND HINDUISM | ||
| CHRISTIAN SEXUAL ETHICS | ||
| ANIMAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS | ||
| TOPICS IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES (Womanism and Black Feminist Thought) | ||
| ANTHROPOLOGY OF GENDER | ||
| LATINAS IN THE AMERICAS | ||
| IDENTITY AND CULTURE (Gender and Media in Global Perspective) | ||
| WORLD LITERATURE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH (African Women Writers) | ||
| TOPICS IN WORLD LITERATURE (African American Writers) | ||
| TOPICS IN WORLD LITERATURE (Black Women Writers) | ||
| TOPICS IN BLACK AMERICAN LITERATURE (African American Women Writers) | ||
| GAYS & LESBIANS IN U.S. HISTORY | ||
| HISTORICAL THEMES (African American Women in History) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER STUDIES | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF LESBIAN CULTURE | ||
| GENDER IDENTITY IN TRANSITION | ||
| WOMEN IN WORLD RELIGIONS | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | ||
| HISPANIC POPULAR CULTURES (Mexican American Cultural Symbols: La Malinche, LaVirgen de Guadalupe and LaLlorona) | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN SPANISH (Latin American Women Writers) | ||
| Women, Gender, Health and Sexuality | ||
| Select four of the following: | 12 | |
| AMERICAN WOMEN AND POPULAR CULTURE | ||
| WOMEN AND MEDICINE | ||
| WOMEN AND SEXUALITY | ||
| WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Intersectionality and Policy Analysis) | ||
| CHRISTIAN SEXUAL ETHICS | ||
| ANIMAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS | ||
| ISSUES IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | ||
| LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER FAMILIES | ||
| GAYS & LESBIANS IN U.S. HISTORY | ||
| WOMEN'S HEALTH | ||
| SEXUALITY IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER STUDIES | ||
| RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX | ||
| SEX DIFFERENCES: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF LESBIAN CULTURE | ||
| GENDER IDENTITY IN TRANSITION | ||
| MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY | ||
| Women, Gender, Leadership and Community | ||
| Select four of the following: | 12 | |
| WOMEN, WORK, AND FAMILY | ||
| WOMEN AND MEDICINE | ||
| WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH | ||
| B-MORE: BALTIMORE AND URBAN COMMUNITIES | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Women's Spiritual Practices) | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Masculinity in Perspective) | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Women and Development) | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Intersectionality and Policy Analysis) | ||
| THE EROTIC IMAGINATION IN CHRISTIANITY AND HINDUISM | ||
| CHRISTIAN SEXUAL ETHICS | ||
| ANIMAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS | ||
| TOPICS IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| ISSUES IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | ||
| WOMEN AND CRIME | ||
| ECONOMIC ISSUES OF GENDER | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF LEADERSHIP IN THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR | ||
| WOMEN IN 20TH CENTURY U.S. HISTORY | ||
| GAYS & LESBIANS IN U.S. HISTORY | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX | ||
| COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY | ||
| SPEC TOPICS POSC (Women, Public Policy and Social Change) | ||
| SEMINAR IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER | ||
| WORK AND OCCUPATIONS | ||
| ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY | ||
